Straight Talk About Addiction

Straight Talk means giving a clear, honest, and plain-English descriptions
of important issues related to addiction, recovery, relapse prevention, and
responsible living. This book tells it like it is without a great deal of concern
for political correctness or the tentative guarded language that so often hides
the true messages about addiction, recovery, and relapse. The message is
given clearly and honestly with "no holds barred".

After 40 years of following research and treatment practices for addiction,
Terry Gorski became frustrated at the misinformation about alcohol and other
drug addictions and the narrow and incomplete approaches to treatment,
recovery and relapse prevention. In this book. Terry provides the best
informationon the current science-based understanding of what core addiction
syndromeis and what the core addiction treatment process needs to look like
to increase the chances of recovery and decrease the risk of relapse. This book
is easy to read, entertaining, and loaded with useful information you can
actually use in your life.

Terence T. Gorski is an internationally recognized expert on substance abuse, mental health, violence, and crime. He is best known for his contributions to relapse prevention, managing chemically dependent offenders, and developing community-based teams for managing the problems of alcohol, drugs, violence, and crime. He has extensive experience working with employee assistance programs (EAP) and has special expertise in working with emergency professionals including fire, medical, and law enforcement. He is a prolific author who has published hundreds of books and articles. He is also the founded The CENAPS®. Corporation in 1982, which is a private training and consultation firm committed to providing the most advanced training in the chemical dependency and behavioral health fields.